Unlocking

Unlocking iPhone 6s

Hello, I recently bought an iPhone 6s off a family member. My family member had the phone unlocked by Vodafone however when I put my gift gaff sim in it was not recognised. I brought it into Vodafone store but they no longer unlock phones. I have now signed up for Pay as you go for a month and have recieved my Vodafone sim however I am still getting the sim invalid message when using a Vodafone sim. Any help would be appreciated

Please Note > The iPhone isn't actually usually unlocked to all networks at this stage.

Apple then process the Networks request and occasionally this can take approximately up to another 30 days sometimes from Vodafone's email to complete an unlock request made by a Network.

To complete the process please Periodically insert an active i.e. connects to mobile network data, alternative Networks Sim Card in the iPhone with hooking upto iTunes is only typically needed if its an iPhone 4 or older although it wouldn't harm to do so.

From the iPhone 5 onwards there's not normally the need to hook up to iTunes to complete the process.

When it's unlocked you should see a pop up message and the alternatives Networks name will show in the iPhone's status bar.

the vodafone sim payg is working as I put it in my old iPhone 5 and it worked fine, however when put into iPhone 6s Plus it comes up as ‘sim not supported’. It does come up as no service when the ‘sim not supported’ message is displayed so perhaps it has been imei blocked as you mentioned. Would this mean I would be unable to unlock it? The giffgaff sim is also working fine. I must say my family member lives in Republic of Ireland and had it unlocked by Vodafone Ireland, I am currently living in England and sim is Vodafone uk, would this make a difference?

the reason behind getting the Vodafone payg sim was to have it unlocked in 30 days. The Vodafone website says that iPhone 6s Plus are unlocked but it is not accepting any SIM cards.

Thsnk you for your tips, they seem very helpful. It seem like a very over complicated process to unlock phones

If you have not already tried synchronising to itunes with the GiffGaff SIM this may be worth a try, if your relative has had the phone officially unlocked by Vodafone Ireland it should still be unlocked. The phone will relock when the IOs has been updated if the unlock was not officially done through the network and has been done through a third party.

I have found this information from Vodafone Ireland. As mentioned they advise restoring your iphone to itunes where it will then be unlocked. Hopefully this will be all that will be be needed for you to use the GiffGaff SIM.